Animal Merge privacy policy

Who we are

Animal Merge: Farm Buddies is provided by Aarici. This policy applies to the iOS app and its related support services.

Gameplay data

The app stores gameplay progress, settings, earned items, and purchase entitlement state on your device so your game can continue between sessions. Aarici does not operate a separate player-account system for Animal Merge.

Information you provide

If you contact support or send feedback, we receive the contact details and message you choose to provide. We use them to respond, troubleshoot issues, and improve the app. Support correspondence is retained only as long as reasonably needed for those purposes and legal obligations.

Apple services

Downloads, in-app purchases, restores, refunds, Game Center achievements, and leaderboards are processed by Apple under Apple's terms and privacy policy. Aarici receives transaction or entitlement information needed to provide purchased features, but does not receive your full payment-card details.

Advertising

Animal Merge uses Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK to provide interstitial ads and optional rewarded ads. Rewarded ads grant an in-game benefit only after the ad provider confirms completion. Purchasing Ad-Free Farm Pass removes forced interstitial ads; optional rewarded ads remain available by user choice.

Advertising data

Google Mobile Ads may process an IP address and approximate location, device or app identifiers, advertising data such as ads viewed, app and ad interactions, and diagnostic or performance data such as crash logs, launch time, and hang rate. This information may be used for non-personalized ad delivery, fraud prevention, measurement, and analytics. Animal Merge disables the Google Mobile Ads publisher first-party identifier and ad personalization.

Consent and privacy choices

Where required, Animal Merge uses Google's User Messaging Platform to request consent before ads are loaded. Eligible users can revisit their choices through Privacy Choices in the app settings. Animal Merge does not request Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission and does not access the iOS advertising identifier (IDFA). Consent can also be changed through applicable device settings.

Service providers and sharing

Advertising information may be processed by Google and participating advertising technology providers to deliver and measure ads. Aarici does not independently sell personal information. Some advertising disclosures may be treated as sharing or targeted advertising under applicable law, and available consent or opt-out controls are provided where required.

Learn more in Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from apps that use its services.

Retention and international processing

Local gameplay data remains on your device until it is removed by you, the app, or the operating system. Apple, Google, and other service providers retain and process information according to their own policies and may process it in countries other than yours using the safeguards available under applicable law.

Children

Animal Merge is intended for a general audience and does not ask players to create an account or knowingly request personal information from children. Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information through support may contact us to request its deletion. Advertising and consent behavior may be limited based on applicable age and regional requirements.

Security and your rights

We use reasonable measures to protect information handled directly by Aarici. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing of personal information. Contact us to make a request; we may need enough information to verify and fulfill it.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy when app features, service providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date above will be updated when material revisions are published.

For privacy questions or requests, email hello@aarici.com or alperen.devsoft@gmail.com.